Bull-Dog
Drummond
The Adventures of a
Demobilized Officer Who
Found Peace Dull
by CYRIL McNEILE
“SAPPER'
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
IRWIN MYERS
Copyright by Gee. H. Doran Ce.
(Continued from last week.)
“My dear old man,” interruptea
Drummond, “there’s only one cure for
the proverb-quoting disease—a dose ot
salts in the morning.” For a while
they raced on through the warm sum-
mer’s night in silence, and it was not
till they were within a mile of their
destination that Sinclair spoke again.
“What are you going to do with
them, Hugh?”
“Who—our Carl and little Henry?"
Drummond grinned gently, “Why, I
think that Carl and I will part
amicably—unless, of course, he gives
me any trouble. And as for Laking-
ton—we'll have te see about Laking-
ton.” The grin faded from his face
as he spoke. “We'll have to see about
our little Henry,” he repeated softly.
“And I can’t help feeling, Toby, that
between us we shall find a method of
ridding the earth of such a thoreughly
unpleasing fellow.”
“You mean to kill him?’ grunted
the other non-committally.
“Just that, and no more,” responded
Hugh. “Tomorrow morning as ever
is. But he’s going to get the shock
of his young life before it happens.”
He pulled the car up silently in the
deep shadows of some trees, and the
two men got out. Si
“Now, old boy, you take her back
to The Elms.”
“But confeund it all,” spluttered
Toby Sinclair. “Don’t you waut me
to help you?”
“I do: by taking the buzz-box back.
This little show is my shout.”
For a moment or two Hugh stood
watching the car as it disappeared
down the road along which they had
just come, while his thoughts turned
to the girl now safely asleep in his
flat in London. Another week—per-
hens a fortnight—but no more. Not
a day more, . , And so delightful
was the train of thought thus con
jured up, that for a while Peterson
and Lakington were fergotten. The
roseate dreams of the young about te
ve been known fo act similarly
before, EbSd cuwsantiormem rT
Wherefore to the soldier's instinc-
tive second nature, trained in the war |
and sharpened by his grim duel with
the gang, must be giver the credit of
preventing the ringing of the wedding-
bells being postponed for good. The
sudden snap of a twig close by, the
sharp hiss of a compressed-air rifle.
seemed simultaneous with Hugh hurl-
ing himself flat on his face behind #
sheltering bush. In reality there was
that fraction of a second between the
actions which allowed the bullet to
pass harmlessly over his body instead
of finishing his career there and then.
He heard it go zipping through the
undergrowth as he lay motionless on
the ground; then very cautiously he
turned his head and peered about.
A shrub was shaking a few yards
away, and on it Hugh fixed his half-
closed eyes. If he lay quite still the
man, whoever he was, would probably
assume the shot had taken effect, and
come and investigate. Then things
would be easier. as two or three
Boches had discovered to their cost
in days gone by.
For two minutes he saw no one;
then very slowly the branches parted
and the white face of a man peered
through. It was the chauffeur who
usually drove the Rolls Royce, and
he seemed unduly anxious to satisfy
himself that all was well before com-
ing nearer. The fame of Hugh Drum-
mond had spread abroad amongst the
satellites of Peterson.
At last he seemed to make up his
mind, and came out into the open.
Step by step he advanced toward the
motionless figure, his weapon held in
readiness to shoot at the: faintest
movement. But the soldier lay
sprawling and inert, and by the time |
the chauffeur had reached him there
was no doubt in that worthy's mind
that, at last, this wretched meddler
with things that concerned him not
had been laid by the heels, Which
was as unfortunate for the chauffeur
as it had been for unwary Huns in
the past.
Contemptuously he rolled Drum-
mond over; then, noting the relaxed
muscles and inert limbs, he laid his
gun on the ground preparatory to run-
ning through his victim’s pockets, And
the fact that such an action was a
iittle more foolish than offering a man-
eating tiger a peppermint lozenge did
not trouble the chauffeur.
nothing troubled him again.
He got out one gasping cry of ter-
ror as he realized his mistake; then
i» had a blurred consciousness of the
world upside down, and everything
was over. It was Olaki’s most danger-
ous throw, carried out by gripping the
victim's wrists and hurling his’ body
over by a heave of the legs. And nine
times out of ten the result was a
broken neck. This was one of the
nine.
For a while the soldier stared at the
‘body, frowning thoughtfully. To have
In fact, |
but since it had happened it neces-
sitated a little rearrangement of his
plans. The moon was setting and the
night would become darker, so there
was a good chance that Lakington
would not recognize that the driver
of his car had changed. And if he
did—well, it would be necessary to
forego the somewhat theatrical enter-
tainment he had staged for his benefit
at The Elms. Bending over the dead
man, he removed his long grey driv-
ing-coat and cap; then, without a
sound, he threaded his way through
the bushes in search of the car,
He fouad it sbeut a hundred yards
nearer the house, so well hidden in
a small space off the road that he
was almost on top of it before he real-
1zed the fact. To his reifef it was
wapty, and placing his own cap In a
socket under the seat he put on the
driving-coat ov &ls pradecessor Then,
with a quick glance round to ensme
that everything was in readiness tor
the immediate and rapid departure
such as he imagined Lakington would
desire, he turned and crept stealthily
taward the house.
7 TWO
Laidiey Towers was en fete. The
cuchess, determined that every con-
ceivable stunt should be carried out
which would make for the entertain-
nent of her guests, had spared no
pains to make the evening a suceess.
The duke, bored to extinction, had
heen five times routed out of his study
now, at the moment Hugh first came
itg hands with a tall, aristocratic-
looking Indian. . . .
“How d’v do,” he murmured va-
duchess, who stood beside him wel-
coming the distinguished foreigner.
“We're so glad you could come, Mr.
Itam Dar,” remarked the duchess af-
¢ably. “Everyone is so looking for-
ward to your wonderful entertain-
| toric pearls, and as the Indian howed
low over her dutstretched hand, his
eves gleamed for a second.
It had been the marquis of Laidley
himself who had suggested getting
hold of this mest celebrated perform-
er, who had apparently never been
in England before. And since the
marquis of Laidley's coming-of-age
| was the cause of the whole evening's
| sntertainment, his suggestion had
been hailed with acclamation.
{from whom, were points about which
‘he was very vague; but since he was
, A very vague young man, the fact
'wlicited mo comment. The main thing
| sng that here, in the flesh, was a
dark, mysterious performer _of the oc-
sult, and what niore could a house
| purty require? And in the general
excitement Hugh Drummond crept
closer to the open window. Suddenly
his jaw tightened; Irma Peterson had
eztered the room with young Laidley.
“Do you want anything done, Mr.
i Ram Dar?’ asked the duchess—*the
lights down or the window shut?”
| “No, I thank you,” returned the In-
dian. “I am ready. Who first will
learn of the things that are written on
the scroll of Fate?”
. And it was at that moment that the
| intent watcher outside the window
began to shake with silent mirth. For
the face was the face of the Indian,
Ram Dar, but the voice was the voice
of Lakington. It struck him that
the next ten minutes or so might be
well worth while. The problem of re-
moving the pearls from the duchess’
neck before such an assembly seemed
to present a certain amount of diffi-
culty even to such an expert as Henry.
‘And Hugh crept a little nearer the
window, so as to miss nothing.
Evidently the scene was now set—
the necessary prqps were in position
i —and Hugh waited with growing im-
patience for the principal event. But
the principal performer seemed in no
hurry. In fact, in his dry way Lak-
ington was thoroughly enjoying him-
self.- An intimate inside knowledge
of the skeletons that rattled their
bones in the cupboards of most of
those present enabled the gods to
speak with disconcerting accuracy;
and as each victim insisted on some-
body new facing the sands that came
from beyond the mountains, the per-
formance seemed likely to last indefi-
nitely.
At last a sudden delighted burst of
applause came from the group, an-
_nouncing the discomfiture of yet an-
other guest, and with it Lakington
' seemed to tire of the amusement. En-
grossed though he was in the anticipa-
tion of the main item which was still
to be staged, Drummond could not but |
admire the extraordinary accuracy of
‘the character study. Not a detail had
' been overlooked; not a single flaw in
i Lakington’s aeting could he notice. It
"was an Indian who stood there, apd
' when a few days later Hugh returned
her pearls to the duchess, for a long
| time neither she nor her husband
! would believe that Ram Dar had been
i an Englishman disguised. . . . And this
| was: what happened as seen by the
| tascinated onlooker crouching near the
| window cutside.
Superbly disdainful,
| after a short, meaningless patter, to
hold the attention of the audience,
stalked to the open window. With
‘=ms- outstretched he stared into the
darkness, seeming to gather strength
from the gods whom he served.
“Do your ears not hear the whisper-
ings of the night?” he demanded. “Life
rustling in the leaves; death moaning
through the grasses.” And suddenly he
threw back his head and laughed, a
flerce, mocking laugh; then he swung
round and faced the room.sEor a while
he stood motionless, and ‘Hugh, from
by his indefatigable spouse, and was y
in sight of the house, engaged in shak-
cantly. “What' did you say the dam’ |
fellah’s name was, my dear?” he whis-
pered in a hoarse undertone to the |
raent.” Round her neck were the his- '
How '
| ke had heard about the Indian, and
the ~ Indian |
eer.
the shelter of the bushes, wondered
whether the two quick flashes that
had come from his robe as he spoke—
flashes such as a small electric torch
will give, and which were unseen by
anyone else—were & signal to the de-
funct chauffeur.
Then a peculiar look came over the
Indian’s face, as his eyes fell on a
Chinese cabinet.
“Where did the Protector of the
Toor obtain the sacred cabinet of the
Chow kings?’ He peered at it rever-
ently, and the duke coughed.
“One of my ancesters picked it up
somewhera,” he answered apologeti-
cally.
“fashioned with the blood of men,
guarded with their lives, and one of
your ancestors picked it up!” The
duke withered completely under the
hiting scorn of the words, and seemed
about to say something, but ti:e Indian
had turned away, and his long, Ceili?
lingers were hovering cver the box.
With gleaming eyes he starcd iu
front of him. and a woman shuddered
audibly.
“What is it supposed 10 <6?" ste
ventured timidly.
| “For centuries that box contained
lhe jewels—precious beyond L WOLs
'.-of the reigning queens of the Chow
“denasty. They were wrapped in sH-
"ver and gold tissue—of which this is
n feeble, modern substitute.”
! From a cummerbund under his robe
{he drew a piece of shining material.
"the appearance of which was greeled
"with cries of feminine delight.
“You would not ask me to commit
sacrilege?’ Quietly he replaced the
waterial in his belt and turned away,
TB pre rr ETN mun
| «Where Did the Protector of the Poor
Obtain the Sacred Cabinet of the
Chow Kings?”
[nd Hugh's eyes glistened at the clev-
(ress with which the man was act-
‘ng. Whether they believed it or not,
‘liere was not a soul in the room by
this time who was not consumed with
ragerness to put the Chinese cabinet
te the test. .
“Supposing you took my pearls, Mr.
Liam Dar,” said the duchess diffident-
iv. “I know that compared to such
liistoric jewels they are poor, but per-
haps it would not be sacrilege.”
Not a muscle on Lakington’s face
twitched. though it was the thing he
had been playing for. Instead he
seemed to be sunk in thought, while
(he duchess continued pleading, and
the rest of the party added their en-
treaties. Then, as if he had decided
suddenly, he swung round. :
“I will try,” he announced briefly,
and the duchess headed the chorus of:
deligh{. “Will the Presences stand
back, and you, your Grace, take that?”
He handed her the piece of material.
“No hand but yours must touch the
pearls. Wrap them up inside the sil-
ver and gold.” Aloofly he watched
the process. “Now advance alone, and
open the box. Place the pearls in-
side. Now shut and lock it.” Obedi-
ently the duchess did as she was bid;
tt en she stood waiting for further in-
structions.
But apparently by this time the
Great Brooding Spirit was beginning
to take effect. Singing a monotonous,
harsh chant, the Indian knelt on the
floor, and poured some powder into
a little brazier. He was still close
to the open window, and finally he sat
down with his elbows on his knees,
and his head rocking to and fro in
his hands.
“Less light—Iless light!” The words
seemed to come from a great distance
—ventriloquism in a mild way was
one of Lakington’s accomplishments;
and as the lights went out a greenish,
* spluttering flame rose from the brazier.
A heavy, odorous smoke filled the
| room, but framed and motionless in
the eerie light sat the Indian, staring
| fixedly .in front of him, After a time
i the chant began again; it grew and
| swelled in volume till the singer grew
{ frenzied and beat his head with his
i hands. Then abruptly it stopped.
“Place the box upon the floor,” he
ordered, “in the light of the Sacred
Fire.” Hugh saw the duchess kneel
down on the opposite side. of the
brazier, and place the box ‘on the floor,
#hille the faces of the guests—strange
isd ghostly in the great light—peered
‘like specters out of the heavy smoke.
This was undoubtedly a show worth
watching. : %
“Open the box!” Harghly the words
rang through the silent room, and with
fingers that trembled a little the 4uch-
ess turned the key and threw back
the lid.
“Why, it's empty 1” she crie? in
amazement, and the guests craned for. !
ward to look.
“Put not your hand inside,” cried
the Indian in sudden warning, “or p&r-
chance it will remain empty.”
The duchess rapidly withdrew her
hand, and stared incredulously through
the smoke at his impassive face.
“Did I not say that there was power
in the box?” he said dreamily. “The
to render visible. Thus came pro-
tection tr the jewels of the Chow
queens.”
“hats all right, Mr. Ram Dar
said the duchess a little apprehens-
fvely. ‘There may be power In the
hox, but my pearls don’t seem to Le”
The Indian laughed.
“one but yout has touted the cab.
touch it till the pearls return. They
are there now; but not for mortal
eyes to see.”
Which, incidentally, was no more
than the truth.
touch. See that to your vision the box
fs empty. . . .” He waited motion-
less, while the guests thronged round,
with expressions of amazement; and
sweet-smelling smoke, came even near-
er in his excitement.
“It is enough,” cried the Indian
suddenly. “Shut the box, your grace,
and lock it as before. Now place it
on the table whence it came. Is fit
there?”
“Yes.” The duchess’ voice came out
of the green fog.
“(x0 not too near,” he continued
warnicgly. “The gods must have
space—the gods must have space.”
Again the harsh chant began, at
times swelling to a shout, at times
| dying away to a whisper. And it was
| during one of these latter periods that
la low laugh, instantly checked, dis
| turbed the room. It was plainly audi-
I ble, and someone irritably said, “Be
quiet!”
prise. For it had been Irma Peterson
1 who had laughed, ard it might have
been hilarity, or it might have been
“la signal.
“Bring the box, your grace,” he cried
harshly, and once more the duchess
row of dimly seen faces above her.
“Open ; but as you value your pearls
—touch them not.” Excitedly she
threw back the lid, and a chorus of
cries greeted the appearance of the
i gold and gilver tissue at the bottom of
the Dox.
“They're here, Mr, Ram Dar.”
In the green light the Indian’s som-
ber eyes stared round the group of
dim faces.
“Did I not say,” he answered, “that
there was power in the box? But in
the name of that power—unknown to
you—I warn you: Do not touch those
IRWIN MYERS ~
“Did | Not Say That There Was Power
in the Box?” He Said Dreamily.
pearls till the light has burned low
in the brazier. If you do they will
disappear—never to return. Watch,
but do not touch!”
Slowly he backed toward the win-
dow, unperceived in the general ex-
citement; and Hugh dodged rapidly
toward the car. It struck him that
the seance was over, and he just had
time to see Lakington snatch some-
thing which appeared to have been
let down by a string from above, be-
fore turning into the bushes and rac-
ing for the car. As it was he was
only a second or two in front of the
other, and the last vision he had
through a break in the trees, before
they were spinning smoothly down the
deseried road, was an open window in
Laidley Towers from which dense
volumes of vapor poured steadily out.
0Of‘the house party behind, waiting for
the light to burn low in the brazie:,
he could see no sign through the
opaque wall of green fog.
It took five minutes, so he gathered
afterward from a memper of the house
party. before the light had burned suf-
ficiently low for the duchess to con-
sider it safe to touch the pearls.
*n various stages of asphyxiation
tne assembled guests had ‘peered. at
the. box, while the cynical comments
of the men. were rightly treated by the
ladies with’: the contempt they de-
served. “Was the necklace not there;
wrapped in its gold and silver tissue,
where a few minutes before there had
been nothing?
(To be Continued.)
pewer to render invisible—the power |
fuet, your Grace; none but you must
“Look, oh! sahibs, look; but do not
Huzh. safe from view in the thick,”
It was not repeated, which
{afforded Hugh, at any rate, no sur- ;
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